...it's comin'...it's comin' When Dirty D came in the game late...I was a bit worried that he could take out one of the Dubs even if the game was already decided. As JSM pointed...Lee is not being used. He's fully healthy but the speed of Barnes and Green at the 4 has paid dividends. My X factor for Golden State is Shaun Livingston. When the starters are struggling or defensive stops are needed...I see him making an impact.
I don't think Kevin was training for UFC grappling where "Ronda" has the arm bar going and ignores the tap out... just to see what happens with the torque. Maybe he trains for that next time, post surgery. Just sayin. History or not. I know I know, back was acting up this year too, not good.
It's interesting to see a Lebron team so ravaged by injuries considering how lucky the Heat were from 2011-2014, must be the Cleveland curse.
Ugh, that just sucks. Look, I certainly don't want Lebronze to get another ring, but I want a competitive series and I really like Irving. You hate to see a guy like that go down. That was ugly. I think we all kind of guessed it wasn't going to be good. Well, Golden State just needs to concentrate and not let up and they should finish this off pretty quick.
Damn, I love Kyrie. Kevin and Kyrie both had a history of injuries, though, prior to even signing up together. Quite frankly, it isn't news that their both injured, but it sucks it had to be at such a crucial time. GS will wrap this up in 5.
Kylie was definitely having an impact in the game even sending the game into overtime with that defensive play on Curry. I was actually starting to get worried for the Warriors that they may not have had an answer for him. It's too bad really because him against Curry would have made it that much more fun to watch. Warriors should have no problem now unless several players suddenly get cold from the field and JR goes nuts from three coupled with beast mode from Lebron. But honestly with as much as he's going to have to do now, I really don't see Lebron being constantly dominant past game three if not four of the series last longer than that.
Kyrie has been injury-prone since he came into this league his rookie year. He never seems to get a break.
Tough break for Kyrie, I like him. But it's time that karma caught up to Bron. 2-4, enjoy getting swept.
Lebron is the most boring dominant player ever. with Kobe each basket was diffrent. with Shaq it was pure force. with Lebron it's the same old isolation back to the basket/running like a train. such a boring offense. and you need to give credit to the defence Blatt brought to the Cavs. I thought they stopped GS's offence for 3/4 of the game.
with others, I like kyrie. I think he's been unfairly maligned by the media. i'll tell it: he's a better basketball player than james harden. he just gets hurt a lot. hopefully, he can get his body right and have the kind of career he should. for now, Cleveland's toast unless LeBron has another level from last game, which, btw, was pretty freaking dominant if you ask me.
Tendinitis at 23 years old? He hasn't played a single full season in either the pros or college ranks? Not good. I like Kyrie a lot. Until the NBA gifted the Cavaliers everything including LeBron again, I had hope Kyrie would eventually be a Laker. Now I wonder if he'll even outlive his contract.
I'm very interested to see how the Warriors come out in Game 2. Hopefully they don't let Kyrie being out of the Finals get to their head. I don't think it will effect them because they have always played hard each and every game no matter whose been out. I just hope they put the foot on the Cavs throats. You do not want to instill any confidence in that team even with Kyrie and Love out. I also pray that they continue to play Lebron one on one, I actually think if they change things up and start to double him going forward that would be a huge mistake because it could get other players going offensively.
You are totally right ... Warriors are able to do this because they can throw 4 different defenders at him .... Even when Warriors shadowed Lebron , they did a great job at recovering to Cavs shooters and contesting shots ... They can live with "giving up" dunks to Mozgov but no 3s ... I'm not sure why more teams don't do this ... besides the lack of different bodies to throw at Lebron , I can't see a valid reason ... Everybody knows (for a long time) Lebron is at his best when he's dishing for open threes
Too bad for Kyrie, he's a great player. This is pretty much done now. I'll be honest: If Lakers are rebuilding, I can at least get some pleasure by watching Bron lose in the finals again. Besides, the Warriors are a likable team. I have nothing against them. They play fun basketball.
